The Archive · 1928

Paradox and Its Import

Now, one of the outstanding principles upon which the provision of the best form of medical care in Aospitals should be secured to all classes of people is based upon the} fact that hospitals are found to be! of even greater importance, if that possible, to the healthy in crowd-1 communities than to the sick. fon loss of health and labour which otherwise would be a charge on the individual citizen or employer of} labour affected.

The price paid for the public service performed by hospitals can never be met by payments from patients alone, and it is only. just and proper that part of the expense of this public service should be a charge on the community.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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